London’s Blue Plaques to become a UK-wide scheme

For nearly 160 years, notable people have been recognised in London by a plaque on a building they were associated with, and now it’s going nationwide.The Blue Plaques that are installed in London today are managed by English Heritage, but now they are to work with Historic England on a national scheme to expand Blue Plaques across the country.
There are local schemes in operation already in many towns and cities, but they are often piecemeal and tend to be run by local history groups or l